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April 28, 2004   |   Math FactID: 26
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Hiroyuki Goto is the current world record holder for the most digits of Pi (3.14...) memorized.

He spent nine hours and recited 42,000+ digits correctly in 1995.




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April 27, 2004   |   World FactID: 25
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The US has about 5% of the worlds population. (293M/6.362B)

The US controls 53% of the worlds wealth.

The US accounts for about 45% of the worlds gasoline consumption.

The US produces 25% of the worlds emissions.




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April 26, 2004   |   Business FactID: 24
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The newly appointed CEO of Dell, Kevin Rollins, was a Bain consultant for 12 years before joining Dell in 1993.

Dell has $41 Billion in yearly revenues - 30% of the US PC market - and operates with only three days of inventory.




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April 25, 2004   |   Computers FactID: 23
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IP (Internet Protocol), the way computers talk on the internet, defines an addressing scheme so that every device attached to a network can be uniquely identified and contacted.

IPv4 (IP Version 4), which is what we are currently using, allocates 32 bits for addresses. Hence there are up to 232 = 4,294,967,296 addresses. 4 billion addresses for computers, etc.

However, we are running out of IP addresses. The next version of IP, version 6, allocates 128-bits for identifying each network device. That is, there will be 2128 = 3.4 x 1038 = 340,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 addresses.

There are 7.5 x 1018 grains of sand in all the worlds beaches.
There are 1028 atoms in your body.
IPv6 will give us 3.4 x 1038 addresses for computers, etc.




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April 24, 2004   |   History FactID: 22
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July 2nd is the real US Independence Day.


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April 23, 2004   |   Business FactID: 21
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UPS, the worlds biggest package carrier, delivers more than 13 million items daily.


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April 22, 2004   |   World FactID: 20
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The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther east than the Atlantic entrance.


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April 21, 2004   |   Technology FactID: 19
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"Plasma" TV displays seem so cool and cutting edge. I think they're just a whole bunch of tiny fluorescent lights - 3/pixel (R,G,B).


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April 20, 2004   |   Technology FactID: 18
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Campus networking levies fees from UNC departments not by headcount, but by telephone-count. This is deemed to better represent the actual network usage than the number of employees of a department.


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April 19, 2004   |   Math FactID: 17
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Pi (value of 3.14...) is graphically derived as follows:
(1) Draw a Circle.
(2) Measure the length around the circle.
(3) Measure the length across the circle.
(4) Divide the first number by the second and you arrive at pi .

No matter who you are, what language you speak, where you live on Earth, what base you use (binary, hexadecimal, decimal), you still arrive at the same value of pi. No matter where you live in the universe (human, alien), or what time period (alongside dinosaurs, before Christ, today, or in a million years) it will still be the same. It is built into the fabric of the universe. See the last page of Contact the book...




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April 17, 2004   |   Animals FactID: 15
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Dogs can skateboard. Incredible.


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April 16, 2004   |   Computers FactID: 14
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I am the 18th most popular Sunil in the world. Google "sunil". Try it.


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April 14, 2004   |   Food FactID: 12
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PepsiCo owns 16 brands that each generate over $1 billion in revenue. Pepsi has 32% of the $64 billion U.S. soft drink market

PepsiCo merged with Frito-Lay in 1965. Snacks now account for 57% of PepsiCos worldwide revenue.

Diet Pepsi was created in 1964. Diet Coke was created in 1982.




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April 13, 2004   |   Random FactID: 11
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The speed limit on Franklin Street is 20 miles per hour.

If you go 40mph (the normal speed of traffic during off-hours), you get a speeding ticket :-(


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April 12, 2004   |   Business FactID: 9
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A full page ad in the Daily Tarheel at UNC-Chapel Hill costs ~$1,000.

PriceWaterHouseCoopers seems to do this about once a week.


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April 11, 2004   |   Business FactID: 8
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General Motors (GM) gave out $87 billion in pension benefits last year.

GM is one of only 3 companies to top the Fortune 500 in past 50 years.




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